Dream-Dough

Looking for a simple yet fun indoor activity to occupy the kids during these rainy days? Try this safe and easy 2 ingredient playdough at home. Due to its soft, fluffy cloud-like sensation, I like to call it Dream Dough.

I challenged each child to mix the ingredients to form a dough that is pleasing to their individual sense of touch. To some children, the softer texture was a more satisfying feeling, while others preferred to form a tougher consistency similar to playdough.

To enhance your dough mixture, you can add a variety of different ingredients like food colouring, and other stimulating textures like glitter or pom poms, etc. However you wish to form your own individual dough, I hope you enjoy this activity with your kids :)

Corey

Cup Building Chaos

Cheers!

In a world where rain is the norm and the gym space is booked by other programs, an active alternative is needed to keep the children challenged.

Taking a page from our pals at Gilmore, Dustin and I bought approximately 1500 red party cups as building blocks for the children to explore and play with. Children can compose crazy cup creations when calmly calculating construction concepts. Over the years, I have acquired a lot of affectionate appreciation for awesome alliteration.

The kids were great at finding new and creative ways of using the cups and we even managed to work as a team and trap Dustin in a "TOWER OF DOOM".

One great benefit of this building activity is that it encourages different groups of children to play together. Once a group has finished a project, they are encouraged to go explore other groups' designs and combine cups with another willing team.

Cordially,

Emmett

Snowcraft

Happy holidays Jr OSC crew!

Even when there's snow on the ground, don't let that stop you from moving it outside this winter! Pinterest is my go-to when looking for fun crafts to do with the kids. It is a great resource for finding unique and engaging activities. Here are a couple simple and creative ideas for the snow!

All you need for snow paint is food colouring and some squirt bottles, if you don't have squirt bottles you can just poke a hole in the lid of a plastic water bottle and it'll work just as well!

 

The snow volcano is a cool way to incorporate a science lesson into your winter break! All you need is:

• cup/plastic bottle
• baking soda
• vinegar
• food colouring! 

Here's the link if you're interested! http://www.growingajeweledrose.com/2013/12/how-to-make-snow-volcano.html

We hope you all have a wonderful winter break, and we are looking forward to seeing you all again for some more winter fun!


Mackenzie H